History Cards

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Migration

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movement of people for the purpose of settling in a new place

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Kinship

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Family relationships

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Clan

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Groups of families who are all descended from a common ancestor.

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Oral history

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The traditions passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.

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Barter

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To trade goods or services without money.

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Middle Ages

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Era in European history from about A.d. 500 to 1300.

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Feudalism

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Feudalism – Political and economic system in medieval Europe, in which lesser lords received lands from powerful nobles in exchange for services.

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Crusades

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Series of military campaigns y European Christians from 1096 to 1291 to win Jerusalem from the Turks.

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Middle class

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a new class of merchants, traders, and artisans that arose in Europe in the late middle Ages in modern times, the social class between the very wealthy and the lower working class.

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Monarch

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One who rules over a territory, state, or kingdom.

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Magna carta

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A “great charter” signed by king John in 1215 that granted certain rights to English nobles and became the foundation for future American ideals of liberty and justice.

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Renaissance

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Era of European history extending from the 1300’s to the 1500’s

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Reformation

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Revolt against the Catholic Church that began in 1517.

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Savanna

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Region near the equator with tropical grasslands and scattered trees.

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Lineage

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kinship groups that trace their origin to a common ancestor.

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Scarce

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in short supply

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Columbian Exchange

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The transatlantic trade of crops, technology, and culture between the Americas and Europe, Africa, and Asia that began in 1492 with Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas.

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Treaty of tordesillas

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1494 treaty in which Portugal and Spain divided the non-Christian world.

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Plantation

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Large farm on which crops are raised mainly for sale.